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Some article titles cannot be named correctly due to software limitations.
Some article titles cannot be named correctly due to software limitations. However, there is a way to fix this problem.


Before the opening paragraph of the article, insert '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:wrongtitle]]|''correct title''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>'''. This will produce the following text:
==Restrictions on Naming==
 
The MediaWiki software is configured to transform the first letter to uppercase, so no page title can start with a lowercase letter. The MediaWiki software also makes no distinction between underscores and spaces in page titles, so underscores will display as spaces.
''The title given to this article is incorrect due to '''technical limitations'''. The correct title is '''(correct title)'''.''
 
For a list of articles that are subject to these limitations, see [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Wrongtitle]].
 
== Excluded characters ==
The following characters are not allowed in page titles:


The character '''''/''''' is allowed in titles but is impossible to link to from a namespace that supports subpages if it is the first character of the title. The following characters are not allowed in page titles at all:<br>
  # + < > [ ] | { } &
  # + < > [ ] | { } &


The following character is allowed but is impossible to link to from a namespace that supports subpages if it is the first character of the title:
==Fixing the Title==
 
However, it can seem to be correct by simply using <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Page name here}}</nowiki>. For example, the E-Reader page is displayed with a capital ''E'', but  {{DISPLAYTITLE:e-Reader}} changes it to a lowercase ''e''.
/
 
The MediaWiki software also makes no distinction between underscores and spaces in page titles, so underscores will display as spaces.
 
== Lowercase first letter ==
The MediaWiki software is configured to transform the first letter to uppercase, so no page title can start with a lowercase letter. However, attatching <nowiki>{{lowercase}}</nowiki> at the head of the article will display the title in all lowercase letters.


[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Help|{{PAGENAME}}]]

Revision as of 14:29, November 16, 2008

Some article titles cannot be named correctly due to software limitations. However, there is a way to fix this problem.

Restrictions on Naming

The MediaWiki software is configured to transform the first letter to uppercase, so no page title can start with a lowercase letter. The MediaWiki software also makes no distinction between underscores and spaces in page titles, so underscores will display as spaces.

The character / is allowed in titles but is impossible to link to from a namespace that supports subpages if it is the first character of the title. The following characters are not allowed in page titles at all:

# + < > [ ] | { } &

Fixing the Title

However, it can seem to be correct by simply using {{DISPLAYTITLE:Page name here}}. For example, the E-Reader page is displayed with a capital E, but changes it to a lowercase e.

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